Detections
Analytics
SUSE SLES15 Security Update : protobuf (SUSE-SU-2026:0563-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 299353
Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.Description
The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0563-1 advisory.- CVE-2026-0994: Fixed google.protobuf.Any recursion depth bypass in Python json_format.ParseDict (bsc#1257173).
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected python311-protobuf package.See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257173
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 299353
File Name: suse_SU-2026-0563-1.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 2/18/2026
Updated: 2/18/2026
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.4
Temporal Score: 4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0994
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.2
Threat Score: 4.6
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python311-protobuf, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-0994
SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0563-1